Asim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-sim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Asim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protector, guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Asim mean?
Arabic
“protector, guardian”
The Quran reading of the 8th-century scholar Asim, as transmitted by Hafs, is the one most widely used today.
Is Asim a girl's or a boy's name?
Asim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Asim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Asim, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 65 boys.
Half of all the boys named Asim in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Asim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Asim 14
- Aasim 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Asim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 35 | #843 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 33 | #812 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 36 | #668 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 39 | #558 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 53 | #458 |
| 1998 | 50 | #467 |
| 1997 | 48 | #457 |
| 1996 | 65 | #376 |
How popular is Asim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Asim, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Asim in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were given Asim or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,688, up from #2,390 for this spelling alone.
- Asim 57
- Aasim 17
- Asiim 6
Asim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 44 | #2,807 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Asim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed Hamza Muhammad Abdullah Qasim Ibrahim Amir Azeem Umar Salim Hassan Raheem
Other spellings of Asim
Names related to Asim
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Asim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/asim, updated 20 October 2026.